WWPCM02997
"Brown&Bigelow" (USA)
publisher "Barkalow Bros." (Omaha, Nebraska)
deck "Union Pacific", (52+1J+2ec), 1943
dimension 63x86 mm;
there is a
leaflet (30 pages); Lit.: Hochman SR23 (1930s?); r01 - UPRR-5 in 1920 ???
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Images supplied by Matthew Schacht
HISTORY OF THE UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD AND TRAINS
UP TRACES ITS ROOTS TO
1848 (FIRST TRACK LAID FOR GALENA AND CHICAGO UNION RAILROAD), 1862 (PACIFIC
RAILROAD ACT CHARTERS UNION PACIFIC AND CENTRAL PACIFIC), OR 1865 (FIRST UP
RAILS LAID IN OMAHA). IN 1869 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCENES IN RAILROAD HISTORY
TOOK PLACE AT PROMONTORY, UTAH, WHEN THE UP AND CENTRAL PACIFIC GAVE THE UNITED
STATES ITS FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAIL LINK.
PASSENGER SERVICE CAN BE
TRACED BACK TO WITHIN A FEW DECADES OF RAILROADING'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE
AMERICAN SCENE IN THE LATE 1700S. PASSENGER TRAVEL VIA TRAIN BEGAN IN THE 1830S
IN EASTERN MARKETS, REACHING MIDWESTERN LINES IN THE 1860S. UNION PACIFIC
INAUGURATED ITS PASSENGER SERVICE IN JULY, 1866.
THE FIRST PASSENGER TRAINS
WERE UNDENIABLY CRUDE; THEY SELDOM TRAVELLED MORE THAN 20 MILES PER HOUR AND
MEALS WERE EATEN QUICKLY IN STATION DINING HALLS. WOODEN BENCHES WERE THE
STANDARD SEATING ACCOMMODATIONS AND WOOD STOVES FURNISHED HEAT, WHILE AIR
CONDITIONING WAS UNHEARD OF UNTIL THE 1930S. IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE EVEN
OCCASIONAL WRECKS, UNTIL THE INTRICACIES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL WERE FIGURED OUT.
HOWEVER, IMPROVEMENTS AND INNOVATIONS SOON BEGAN. GEORGE PULLMAN'S FAMOUS "HOTEL"
SLEEPING CARS WERE IN SERVICE BEFORE THE GOLDEN SPIKE WAS DRIVEN, AND DINING
CARS FOLLOWED SOON AFTER. REGULAR TRAIN SERVICE FROM OMAHA TO SAN FRANCISCO WAS
LAUNCHED JUST FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DRIVING OF THE GOLDEN SPIKE ON MAY 10, 1869,
AND BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, INNOVATIONS IN DESIGN HAD PRODUCED A NUMBER
OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES IN PASSENGER TRAVEL.
ONE OF THE FINEST UNION
PACIFIC PASSENGER TRAINS WAS THE OVERLAND LIMITED. THIS LUXURY TRAIN,
INAUGURATED IN 1890, MADE THE RUN BETWEEN OMAHA AND SAN FRANCISCO IN JUST 71
HOURS. IN 1921, PASSENGER REVENUES REACHED AN ALL TIME HIGH. HOWEVER, AS THE
TWENTIES PROGRESSED AND THE AUTOMOBILE GRADUALLY CAME TO BE VIEWED AS A
NECESSITY RATHER THAN A LUXURY, UNION PACIFIC DECIDED TO TAKE SOME DRASTIC STEPS
TO BRING RIDERSHIP BACK TO THE RAILS.
IN THE 1930S THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT STREAMLINER PASSENGER TRAINS SET A NEW STANDARD
FOR LUXURIOUS TRAIN TRAVEL. THE EQUIPMENT YOU ENJOY TODAY IS A REMNANT OF THOSE
LIGHTWEIGHT PASSENGER TRAINS THAT BEGAN OPERATION IN 1934 WITH UNION PACIFIC'S
CITY OF SALINA. THE STREAMLINERS' OPULENT FURNISHINGS, IMPECCABLE SERVICE AND
TOTAL COMFORT COMBINED TO LURE CUSTOMERS BACK TO THE RAIL. AIR CONDITIONING,
REDUCED NOISE, AND A BETTER RIDE DISTINGUISHED THESE TRAINS FROM THE
CONVENTIONAL STEAM-POWERED MODELS. OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, NINE MORE
STREAMLINER SETS WERE ADDED TO THE PASSENGER FLEET.
STILL, IT WASN'T
POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN DAILY STREAMLINER SERVICE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND THE LOS
ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, AND PORTLAND AREAS UNTIL 1947. TO OFFER DAILY SERVICE
BETWEEN THREE WEST COAST POINTS AND DENVER, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER DAILY
TRAINS ALREADY OPERATING, INVOLVED A TREMENDOUS OUTLAY FOR EQUIPMENT AND
PERSONNEL. EACH TRAIN REQUIRED AN ENGINEER, BRAKEMAN, CONDUCTOR, FIREMAN,
BAGGAGEMAN, CAR ATTENDANTS, COOKS, WAITERS, LOUNGE CAR ATTENDANTS, AND SLEEPING
CAR ATTENDANTS. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES, HOWEVER, UNION PACIFIC MADE
SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONS TO THEIR PASSENGER SERVICE EQUIPMENT. BETWEEN 1946 AND
1965, NEW PURCHASES INCLUDED 291 SLEEPING CARS, 196 COACHES, 112 DINERS AND
LOUNGES, 16 DOME COACHES, 16 DOME LOUNGE CARS, AND 11 DOME DINERS (UNIQUE TO UP).
ADDITIONAL
EQUIPMENT AND ENHANCED SERVICE NOTWITHSTANDING, 105 YEARS OF CARRYING PASSENGERS
CAME TO AN END FOR UNION PACIFIC ON MAY 1, 1971. THE END OF PASSENGER SERVICE
FOR UP WAS NOT FINAL, HOWEVER. IN 1992, COMMUTER RAIL SERVICES PUT UP BACK IN
THE BUSINESS OF HAULING PASSENGERS ONCE AGAIN.
PARTIAL LIST OF UNION
PACIFIC PASSENGER TRAINS : OVERLAND LIMITED (IN SERVICE 1897) ; LOS ANGELES
LIMITED (IN SERVICE 1905) ; COLUMBINE (IN SERVICE TO CHICAGO AND DENVER,
BEGINNING IN THE 1920S) ; PORTLAND ROSE (IN SERVICE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND PORTLAND,
BEGINNING IN THE 1920S) ; CHALLENGER (IN SERVICE BEGINNING 1935) ; STREAMLINER
PASSENGER TRAINS (IN SERVICE FROM 1934-1971) ; CITY OF SALINA (1934-1940) ; CITY
OF PORTLAND (FROM 1934) ; CITY OF LOS ANGELES (FROM 1936) ; CITY OF DENVER (FROM
1936) ; CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO (FROM 1936) ; CITY OF ST. LOUIS.